Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Overview. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection of a woman's reproductive organs. Infection spreads upward from the cervix to the uterus, Fallopian tubes, ovaries, and surrounding structures. Some of these conditions are also referred to as: 1  cervicitis (inflammation of the cervix);  salpingitis (inflammation of the Fallopian tubes);
What is College Readiness? According to the Educational Policy Improvement Center, college readiness means that a student can enter a college classroom, without remediation, and successfully complete entry-level college requirements.
As a result, in Step 4 of the 2016 rankings, we used achieving at or above the median College Readiness Index of 20.17 â versus 19.42 in the 2015 rankings â as the basis to determine the cutoff for schools to be ranked with a gold, silver or bronze medal.